Table 1

Individual results of studies included in the meta-analysis

Initiated cigarette smoking (n)Odds of initiating smoking
StudyE-cigarette usersNever/not current e-cigarette usersUnadjusted OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Auf et al 19 ***3.7 (3.1 to 4.5)
Barrington-Trimis et al 15 184/857280/41713.80 (3.10 to 4.66)4.57 (3.56 to 5.87)
Best et al 16 74/183249/19424.62 (3.34 to 6.38)2.42 (1.63 to 3.60)
Conner et al 30 118/343124/13835.32 (3.99 to 7.11)4.06 (2.94 to 5.60)
East et al 38 11/2174/90212.31 (5.06 to 29.94)10.57 (3.33 to 33.50)
Hammond et al 10 136/4871313/16 8314.58 (3.73 to 5.63)2.12 (1.68 to 2.66)
Leventhal et al 6 19/22271/23082.95 (1.74 to 4.99)1.75 (1.10 to 2.77)
Loukas et al 9 114/568168/11902.72 (2.10 to 3.53)1.36 (1.01 to 1.83)
Lozano et al 18 86/216950/44792.46 (1.85 to 3.26)1.60 (1.31 to 1.97)†
Miech et al 7 4/1314/2136.32 (1.73 to 23.10)6.58 (2.04 to 57.88)†
Morgenstern, et al 17 93/312175/18674.11 (3.08 to 5.48)2.50 (1.82 to 3.54)†
Primack et al 21 6/1665/6785.66 (1.99 to 16.07)8.3 (1.2 to 58.6)
Primack et al 20 6/1681/8896.06 (2.15 to 17.10)6.82 (1.65 to 28.25)
Spindle et al 11 45/153230/21633.50 (2.41 to 5.09)3.37 (1.91 to 5.94)
Treur et al 13 432/740235/204910.83 (8.87 to 13.22)11.9 (3.36 to 42.11)
Watkins et al 12 81/425387/99235.80 (4.46 to 7.54)2.53 (1.80 to 3.56)
Wills et al 14 42/21550/9264.25 (2.74 to 6.61)2.87 (2.03 to 4.05)
Overall1,451/47874340/52 7274.59 (3.60 to 5.85)2.92 (2.30 to 3.71)
  • *Raw data were not available or insufficient information was provided to calculate an accurate unadjusted OR.

  • †Estimates were provided as risk ratios and converted to ORs.